Partition for stock-cars.



C C. MADISON.

PARTlTlON FOR STOCK CARS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV, 23. leis.

'l 1'89, 1 5 1 Patented June 27, 1916.

I Y 2 SHEETSSHEET 1.

Fig.1.

W12 neooe o Suva/whom I C. C. MADISON..

PARTITION Fo'R STOCK CARS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.Z3, I915.

Patented June 27, 1916.

Z SfiEETS-SHEET 2.

Wan-20m GUM/14M; I

CHARLES nIADIsoN, or SCANDIA, KANSAS.

raa'rrrron For. swoon-cans.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patentgfi June 27 1916,,

Application filed November 23, 1915. Serial $0. 63,016.

To all whom it may concern Be it'known that I, CHARLES C. MAoIsoN,

a citizen of the'United States, residing at Scandia, in the county of Republic and State of Kansas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Partitions for Stock- Cars, of which the following is specification.

This invention relates to stock cars and more particularly .to a movable partition for the same. It frequently happens that shippers of stock have occasion to send what is known as mixed shipments of cattle, sheep, hogs and the like, and as the proportions of such shipments vary it is difficult with means at present available to properly separate the same.

The present invention has for its ob ect to produce a simple and improved movable partition which may be readily adjusted and secured in various positions as may be relin 3. 3 in Fig. 1, looking down on one end quired.

A further object of the invention is to simplify and improve the construction of the said movable partition and the manner of mounting or supporting the same.

With these and other ends in view which will readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the improved construction and novel arrangement and combination of parts which will be hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings has been illustrated a simple and preferred form of the invention, it being, however, understood I that no limitation is necessarily made to the precise structural details therein exhibited, but that changes, alterations and modifications within the scope of the claims may be resorted towhen desired.

In the drawings,-Figure 1 is a sectional view taken transversely through the body of a stock car to which the improvement has been applied. Fig. 2 is a. detail sectional view taken on the line 22 in Fig. 1. is a sectional detail View taken on the of the movable partition. Fig. 4 is a perspective detail view showing one of the metallic cleats or carriers whereby the ends of the partition are supported. Fig. 5 is a pers ective view showing the opposite side of. the said cleat or carrier with the rbller and bolt carrying bracket attached. Fig. (3 is a perspective detail view showing the roller and bolt carrying bracket'detached from the cleat. Fig. 7 is a sectional detail view en- 'larged taken on the, line 7 -7 in Fig. 1. Fig.

8 is a sectional detail view taken on the line 8-8 in Fig. 7. 1

Corresponding pats in the several figi ures are denoted by l he characters of reference.

The car body A, which is of the custom ary construction, is provided with the interior studding 15 on which longitudinal boards or planks 16 are secured,.said planks being arranged in upper and lower pairs, the lower pair being near the floor of the car and the upper pair being at asuitable elevation to support a partition at a desired height. The planks of each pair are spaced apart, and on the respective planks are se-- cured the track bars 17 which are likewise spaced apart for the admission of supporting wheels or rollers 18 which are of the customary construction employed in supporting rollers for doors and the like, said rollers being annular-1y grooved to produce flanges adjacent to the opposite faces thereof. The partition B consists of a panelwhich may be of solid construction, or it may be made 'up of spaced bars 19, as shown in the drawing, said bars being reinforced by a diagonal bar 20. The panel or partition is supported at the ends thereof by means of carriers C, each of said carriers consisting of a metallic cleat of U-shaped cross section having at the, lower end thereof a supporting flange 21, the ends of the panel being inserted between the side members 22 of the cleat or carrier, being supported at its lower end on the flange 21. A bolt 23 extending transversely through the side members 22 near the upper ends thereof will prevent upward displacement of the panel relatively to the cleat or carrier.

Bolted or otherwise secured exteriorly on the end walls 24c of the cleats C near the upper and lower ends thereof are brackets 25, each bracket having a laterally extending arm 26, and each bracket being also provided on the side thereof with a loop oreye 27. The supporting wheels 18 are mounted for rotation on the brackets 25-and on the laterally extending arms 26 of said brackets, each bracket being provided with two wheels or rollers 18 which will engage between the track bars 17 of the upper and lower tracks, and it is obvious that owing to the use of a plurality of rollers rocking motion of the-cleats as well as the partitionB carried thereby will be prevented.

Each cleat C is provided on one of its side faces with keepers 28 which are arranged in aXial alinement with the eyes 27, said keepers and eyes serving to support bolts 29 that are actuated by springs 30 so as to engage recesses or apertures 31 which are formed in some of the track rails or bars 17. Each bolt 29 is provided with a. laterally extending stu,d 32 which by turning the bolt about-its axis may be brought into registry with a notch 33 formed in the bracket 25, thus permitting the bolt, when retracted against the tension of the spring 30, to be locked or secured bya slight turn about its axis.

It will be readily understood that by the use of the cleats or supporting members C partition members or panels B of various heights may be employed. It is also evident that as many partition members as may be desired may be used in a single car by providing the requisite'number of cleats. When the partition members are not required for present use they may be stored, and the cleats or supporting members C may be moved to one end of the car where they will occupy but little space, or they may be detached from the tracks, if desired and removed from the car. By retracting the bolts of the cleats supporting one of the panels, such panel may be moved lengthwise of the car to a desired position where it may be firmly secured by again releasing the bolts and permitting them to engage some of the perforations 31 at the desired point.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is

1. A stock car having upper and lower tracks extending longitudinally along'the inner faces of opposite side walls thereof, L-shaped brackets having horizontal arms provided with flanged rollers engaging the tracks, U-shaped supporting cleats securedfor engagement with the track members tosecure the parts in adjusted position.

2. A stock car having upper and lower tracks extending longitudinally along the inner faces of opposite side walls thereof,

' U-shaped supporting cleats, each cleat having brackets provided with anti-friction rollers engaging the tracks, and each bracket having a laterally extending eye, keepers on the side walls of the respective cleats, said keepers being in axial alinenient with the eyes of the brackets, and spring actuated bolts mounted in the eyes and keepers, some of the track members being provided with apertures to be engaged by said' bolts.

in testimony whereofl aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES C. MADESON. \Vitnesses: f

A. W'. WALTER, H. E. Moore. 

